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  1. Personality variation is eroded by simple social behaviours in collective foragers

    Article • PLoS Computational Biology, March 2023, PLOS

    Sean Rands

  2. Nearest-neighbour clusters as a novel technique for assessing group associations

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, January 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Sean Rands

  3. Red deer synchronise their activity with close neighbours

    Article • PeerJ, April 2014, PeerJ

    Sean Rands

  4. Obesity prevalence and associated risk factors in outdoor living domestic horses and ponies

    Article • PeerJ, March 2014, PeerJ

    Sean Rands

  5. Landscape fragmentation and pollinator movement within agricultural environments: a modelling framework for exploring foraging and movement ecology

    Article • PeerJ, February 2014, PeerJ

    Sean Rands

  6. Book review

    Article • Applied Animal Behaviour Science, February 2014, Elsevier

    Sean Rands

  7. The influence of pigmentation patterning on bumblebee foraging from flowers of Antirrhinum majus

    Article • The Science of Nature, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sean Rands

  8. Mobbing and sitting tight at the nest as methods of avoiding brood parasitism

    Article • Interface Focus, January 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Sean Rands

  9. A Technique for Measuring Petal Gloss, with Examples from the Namaqualand Flora

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2012, PLOS

    Sean Rands

  10. State-dependent foraging rules for social animals in selfish herds

    Article • November 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Sean Rands, Dr Marcus Rowcliffe

  11. The Effects of Dominance on Leadership and Energetic Gain: A Dynamic Game between Pairs of Social Foragers

    Article • PLoS Computational Biology, October 2011, PLOS

    Sean Rands

  12. Field Margins, Foraging Distances and Their Impacts on Nesting Pollinator Success

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2011, PLOS

    Sean Rands

  13. Social structure, vigilance and behaviour of plains zebra (Equus burchellii): a 5-year case study of individuals living on a managed wildlife reserve

    Article • ACTA THERIOLOGICA, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sean Rands

  14. Approximating Optimal Behavioural Strategies Down to Rules-of-Thumb: Energy Reserve Changes in Pairs of Social Foragers

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2011, PLOS

    Sean Rands

  15. Floral epidermal structure and flower orientation: getting to grips with awkward flowers

    Article • Arthropod-Plant Interactions, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sean Rands

  16. Using an Animal Group Vigilance Practical Session to give Learners a ‘Heads-up’ to Problems in Experimental Design

    Article • Bioscience Education, June 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Sean Rands

  17. Considering Adaptation and the “Function” of Traits in the Classroom, Using Wiki Tools

    Article • Evolution Education and Outreach, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sean Rands

  18. Self-Improvement for Team-Players: The Effects of Individual Effort on Aggregated Group Information

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2010, PLOS

    Sean Rands

  19. Group-movement ‘initiation’ and state-dependent decision-making

    Article • Behavioural Processes, July 2010, Elsevier

    Sean Rands

  20. Effects of pollinator density-dependent preferences on field margin visitations in the midst of agricultural monocultures: A modelling approach

    Article • Ecological Modelling, May 2010, Elsevier

    Sean Rands

  21. Unusual honey pot building behaviour in captively reared bumble bees Bombus terrestris

    Article • Journal of Apicultural Research, January 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Sean Rands

  22. Quantifying the costs and benefits of protective egg coating in a Chrysomelid beetle

    Article • Ecological Entomology, July 2008, Wiley

    Sean Rands

  23. The interaction of temperature and sucrose concentration on foraging preferences in bumblebees

    Article • The Science of Nature, June 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sean Rands

  24. Floral Temperature and Optimal Foraging: Is Heat a Feasible Floral Reward for Pollinators?

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2008, PLOS

    Sean Rands

  25. The emergence of leaders and followers in foraging pairs when the qualities of individuals differ

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sean Rands, Dr Marcus Rowcliffe

  26. Social foraging and dominance relationships: the effects of socially mediated interference

    Article • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, May 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sean Rands, Dr Marcus Rowcliffe

  27. Measurement of mass change in breeding birds: A bibliography and discussion of measurement techniques

    Article • Ringing & Migration, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Sean Rands

  28. Optimal parasite infection strategies: a state-dependent approach

    Article • International Journal for Parasitology, June 2004, Elsevier

    Sean Rands

  29. Spontaneous emergence of leaders and followers in foraging pairs

    Article • Nature, May 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sean Rands, Dr Marcus Rowcliffe

  30. Prey Processing in Central Place Foragers

    Article • Journal of Theoretical Biology, January 2000, Elsevier

    Sean Rands

  31. Book reviews

    Article • Molecular Biotechnology, August 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sean Rands